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Tokyo Thrift Odyssey: Shimokitazawa to Harajuku

Vintage Travel Story · Tokyo · 3 days

Tokyo Thrift Odyssey: Shimokitazawa to Harajuku

Tokyo's vintage scene is the deepest in the world — 150+ shops in a single neighbourhood (Shimokitazawa), an entire covered shopping street devoted to used clothing (Koenji PAL), and a luxury resale market so sophisticated that Hermès scarves are filed by year and colourway.

Told with Rei Kawakubo

The route

1
Shimokitazawa 150-shop crawl
2
Koenji PAL Shotengai
3
Kichijoji kimono recycling
4
Harajuku luxury archive

Where to stay

The Gate Hotel Tokyo by Hulic

The Gate Hotel Tokyo by Hulic

Editor's pick

Tokyo

Ginza, steps from the archive shops — a clean base for the street-archive crawl.

Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier

Tokyo

Quiet, precise and central; everything a thrift route needs.

Pack for it

Pieces for this journey

Vintage matched to the route, live from the market.

Vintage Breitling Datora Ref. 785, Triple Calendar Chronograph

horloges

Vintage Breitling Datora Ref. 785, Triple Calendar Chronograph

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